Ipomoea pubescens SEEDS

Ipomoea pubescens seeds grow into a climbing tuberous geophyte native to the desert or dry shrubland biome, with a disjunct range from south-western USA (Arizona to Texas) and Mexico south to central Colombia, and from Peru to north-western Argentina at altitudes up to 2500 m. Described by Lamarck (Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, 17441829). The epithet pubescens means ‘softly hairy’ (from Latin), referring to the pubescent stems and leaves. Synonym: Ipomoea heterophylla Ortega both products in this collection grow the same species. Blue to violet funnel-shaped flowers; large root tuber; used as a medicine and food across its disjunct Andean-North American range. Family Convolvulaceae.

Full sun; very well-drained to dry soils; warm arid to semi-arid conditions; drought-tolerant. Climbing tuberous geophyte to 2500 m altitude. Hardy in dry, rocky environments.

• ‘Pubescens’ = softly hairy; Lam. (Lamarck, 17441829); syn. Ipomoea heterophylla Ortega; medicine and food
• Blue to violet funnel flowers; large tuber; arid to semi-arid SW USA to Andes; dry shrubland biome
• Arizona to Texas and Mexico, Colombia, Peru to NW. Argentina desert or dry shrubland biome; geophyte
• Genus Ipomoea: ~700 species; Tropical & Subtropical; morning glories; Family Convolvulaceae; Order Solanales
• Full sun; dry well-drained soils; drought-tolerant; tuberous geophyte; disjunct Andean range; Convolvulaceae

Ipomoea pubescens the silky morning glory is a drought-adapted tuberous geophyte with one of the most unusual distributions in its genus: native simultaneously to the arid borderlands of south-western USA and to the dry Andean slopes of Colombia, Peru and north-western Argentina at altitudes exceeding 2500 m, spanning two continents and multiple desert ecosystems.

IMPORTANT: Pictures show the adult plant, which is not for sale. The offer is only for seeds.